scholarly journals Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Analysis for Diet, Climate and Mobility Reconstruction in Agras (Early Iron Age) and Edessa (Roman Age), Northern Greece

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Elissavet Dotsika ◽  
Maria Tassi ◽  
Petros Karalis ◽  
Anastasia Chrysostomou ◽  
Dimitra Ermioni Michael ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic Composition ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic ◽  
Roman Age ◽  
Bone Apatite

In this article we present an isotopic analysis of human bone collagen (δ13Ccol, and δ15Ncol) and bone apatite (δ13C) for diet reconstruction, as well as δ18Oap of human bone apatite for climate reconstruction, using samples from Northern Greece. Radiocarbon dating analysis was conducted on three of the Agras samples and the results (from 1000 to 800 BC) correspond to the Early Iron Age. Isotopic values for δ13Ccol range from −20.5‰ to −16‰ and for δ15Ncol from 6‰ to 11.1‰—a strong indication of a C3-based diet, with contributions by C4 and freshwater fish elements. The results were compared to the ones from Roman Edessa, and Alexandreia (a contemporary city near Edessa), as well as to other Early Iron sites in Greece and wider Europe. In general, the results from Agras are in good agreement with the results from Northern Greece, with the exception of the Makriyalos site, and are quite close to those of Croatia’s and Hungary’s sites. Additionally, from the δ18Oap results we calculated the oxygen isotopic composition of consumed water for Agras (from −9.6‰ to −10.9‰) and for Roman Edessa (from −9.6‰ to −11.2‰) for the palaeoclimate and palaeomobility reconstruction.

Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

Radiocarbon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1611-1620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Vsevolod S Panov ◽  
Viacheslav V Gasilin ◽  
Sergei V Batarshev
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Far East ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Terrestrial Mammals ◽  
Maritime Province

ABSTRACTNew paleodietary data were obtained after the discovery and excavation in 2015–2017 of the Cherepakha 13 site in the southern part of Primorye (Maritime) Province in far eastern Russia. The site is located near the coast of Ussuri Bay (Sea of Japan) and belongs to the Yankovsky cultural complex of the Early Iron Age 14C-dated to ca. 3000 BP (ca. 1200 cal BC). The stable isotope composition of the bone collagen for 11 humans and 30 animals was determined. For humans, the following values (with±1 sigma) were yielded: δ13C=–10.2±0.8‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.3‰. The majority of terrestrial animals show the usual isotopic signals: δ13C=–19.4 ÷ –23.3‰; and δ15N=+4.6÷+6.6‰ (for wolves, up to +10.1‰); dogs, however, have an isotopic composition similar to humans: δ13C= –11.7±1.2‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.4‰. Marine mammals have common values for pinnipeds: δ13C=–13.7 ÷ –14.6‰; and δ15N=+17.4 ÷ +18.0‰. The main food resources for the population of Cherepakha 13 site were (1) marine mollusks, fish, and mammals; and (2) terrestrial mammals; and possibly C4 plants (domesticated millets).

Dietary reconstruction of the Iron Age population at the Fantzuyuan site, Taiwan, revealed by isotopic analysis on human and faunal bone collagen

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Yi Lee ◽  
Maa-Ling Chen ◽  
Peter Ditchfield ◽  
A. Mark Pollard ◽  
Li-Hung Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Dietary Reconstruction

Multi-isotopic analysis reveals individual mobility and diet at the early iron age monumental tumulus of magdalenenberg, germany

2012 ◽  
Vol 148 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky M. Oelze ◽  
Julia K. Koch ◽  
Katharina Kupke ◽  
Olaf Nehlich ◽  
Steve Zäuner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Individual Mobility

scholarly journals Chemical and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Roman and Late Antique Glass from Northern Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberta Silvestri ◽  
Elissavet Dotsika ◽  
Antonio Longinelli ◽  
Enricomaria Selmo ◽  
Sophia Doukata-Demertzi
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic Composition ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Ancient Glass ◽  
Production Technologies ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic ◽  
Plant Ash

The present paper emphasizes the importance of measuring the oxygen isotopic and chemical compositions of ancient glass, in order to constrain some features such as age, raw materials, and production technologies and to identify the “fingerprint” of local productions. In this context, thirty-nine Roman and late Antique glass samples and eight chert samples from northern Greece were selected and analysed for their oxygen isotopic and chemical compositions. Results show that the majority of glass samples are produced using natron as flux and have δ18O values of about 15.5‰, plus or minus a few tenths of one per mil, suggesting that raw materials probably come from Levantine area. Four samples are heavily enriched in 18O, and their chemical composition clearly shows that they were made with soda plant ash as flux. Isotopic and chemical data of Greek chert samples support the hypothesis of local production of the above samples. About half of the glass samples have chemical compositions, which allow their age to be constrained to the late Antique period. For the remaining glass, similarities with literature compositional groups are reported and discussed.

scholarly journals Light Stable Isotope Analysis of Diet in Corded Ware Culture Communities: Święte, Jarosław District, South-Eastern Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Werens ◽  
Anita Szczepanek ◽  
Paweł Jarosz
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Stable Isotope Analysis ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Animal Protein ◽  
Protein Component ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
C3 Plant ◽  
South Eastern

Abstract The presented study was based on isotopic analysis of δ13C and δ15N in human bone collagen samples from graves of the Corded Ware culture in Święte, south-east Poland. Isotopic values demonstrate a relatively narrow variation, ranging from -20.4‰ to -19.8‰ and 10.6‰ to 12.0‰ for δ13C and δ15N values, respectively. The diet was likely C3 plant-based with a substantial animal protein component, including predominantly terrestrial and possibly riverine resources.

An Early Iron Age cemetery in ancient Pydna, Pieria: what do the bones tell us?

1998 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 353-364
Author(s):  
Sevi Triantaphyllou
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Typical Case ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Dental Disease ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
The Relationship

Recent work on the association between anthropological and archaeological interpretations has been of great value in the study of prehistoric social organisation. Health and dietary differences are an important aspect of the relationship between population and its environment. The present work investigates some forty skeletal remains from a partially excavated Early Iron Age (1100–700 BC) cemetery in northern Greece and attempts to trace aspects of the health status of the cemetery population concerned. Individuals of all ages and sexes have been recorded. Examination reveals a remarkable prevalence of dental disease, a few cases of cribra orbitalia (possibly related to some postcranial infectious manifestations), one typical case of osteoporosis, and a few arthritic spinal changes. The rarity of prehistoric skeletal material in northern Greece, as well as the noticeable lack of anthropological studies in the area, make the research significant for further interpretations considering issues of social structure and reconstruction of past human populations.

scholarly journals Food for Thought: Re-Assessing Mesolithic Diets in the Iron Gates

Radiocarbon ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 689-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Bonsall ◽  
Gordon Cook ◽  
Catriona Pickard ◽  
Kathleen McSweeney ◽  
Kerry Sayle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Bone Collagen ◽  
Stable Isotope Ratios ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Isotope Data ◽  
Stable Isotope Data

Stable isotope ratios of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in human bone collagen are used routinely to aid in the reconstruction of ancient diets. Isotopic analysis of human remains from sites in the Iron Gates section of the Lower Danube Valley has led to conflicting interpretations of Mesolithic diets in this key region of southeast Europe. One view (Bonsall et al. 1997, 2004) is that diets were based mainly on riverine resources throughout the Mesolithic. A competing hypothesis (Nehlich et al. 2010) argues that Mesolithic diets were more varied with at least one Early Mesolithic site showing an emphasis on terrestrial resources, and riverine resources only becoming dominant in the Later Mesolithic. The present article revisits this issue, discussing the stable isotope data in relation to archaeozoological and radiocarbon evidence.

A biogenic-silica δ18O record of climatic change during the last glacial–interglacial transition in southwestern Alaska

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Sheng Hu ◽  
Aldo Shemesh
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic Composition ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
The North ◽  
Oxygen Isotopic ◽  
Isotopic Records ◽  
The North Pacific ◽  
The Last Glacial ◽  
Southwestern Alaska

AbstractDespite growing evidence for environmental oscillations during the last glacial–interglacial transition from high latitude, terrestrial sites of the North Pacific rim, oxygen-isotopic records of these oscillations remain sparse. The lack of data is due partially to the paucity of lakes that contain carbonate sediment suitable for oxygen-isotopic analysis. We report here the first record of oxygen-isotopic composition in diatom silica (δ18OSi) from a lake in that region. δ18OSi increases gradually from 19.0 to 23.5‰ between 12,340 and 11,000 14C yr B.P., reflecting marked climatic warming at the end of the last glaciation. Around 11,000 14C yr B.P., δ18OSi decreases by 1.7‰, suggesting a temperature decrease of 3.5–8.9 °C at the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) in southwestern Alaska. Climatic recovery began ca. 10,740 14C yr B.P., as inferred from the increase of δ18OSi to a maximum of 23.9‰ near the end of the YD. Our data reveal that a YD climatic reversal in southwestern coastal areas of Alaska occurred, but the YD climate did not return to full-glacial conditions.

scholarly journals New Radiocarbon Dates and a Review of the Chronology of Prehistoric Populations from the Minusinsk Basin, Southern Siberia, Russia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana V Svyatko ◽  
James P Mallory ◽  
Eileen M Murphy ◽  
Andrey V Polyakov ◽  
Paula J Reimer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Radiocarbon Dating ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Minusinsk Basin

The results are presented of a new program of radiocarbon dating undertaken on 88 human skeletons. The individuals derived from Eneolithic to Early Iron Age sites—Afanasievo, Okunevo, Andronovo (Fedorovo), Karasuk, and Tagar cultures—in the Minusinsk Basin of Southern Siberia. All the new dates have been acquired from human bone, which is in contrast to some of the previous dates for this region obtained from wood and thus possibly unreliable due to old-wood effects or re-use of the timber. The new data are compared with the existing14C chronology for the region, thereby enabling a clearer understanding to be gained concerning the chronology of these cultures and their place within the prehistory of the Eurasian steppes.

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